THE Australian Surf Boat Team have kept the Trans-Tasman Trophy on Australian soil for another year, after winning their eighth consecutive title on Saturday, in an 11-1 clean sweep.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
As the test returned to local shores on the New South Wales South Coast, large swell saw the ASRL Open carnival and the Trans-Tasman test relocate to Long Beach, just outside of Bateman's Bay for safety.
With huge swells hitting the original location at Mollymook Beach crews were tested with a challenging shore break at Long Beach, with the Australian's using this to their advantage.
Related content: Australian Surfboat Team chases eighth straight victory
In a dominant display of surf boat prowess, the Aussies won 11 out of 12 races against the Kiwis and retained the Trans-Tasman Trophy for an eighth consecutive year.
Australian Open crews of BMD Northcliffe (women) and Bulli (men) proved they are a force to be reckoned with as the best teams in the nation, and put any hope of a New Zealand victory to a stop with a six to zero mastery against the Kiwis.
Australia's power off the start line proved too much in both long and short course races with Aussie captain Sara Western saying the team made this a point of emphasis in their race day strategy.
"We caught up as a team last night and spoke about some of the challenges of short course racing," Western said.
"We really made an emphasis of our starts, so it's nice to see the results come through."
Australia's under 23 crews were also dominant over their rivals with a five to one victory in the under 23 age group.
2020 Trans-Tasman Surf Boat Test Results:
Open women:
Australia (BMD Northcliffe) 3 - New Zealand 0
Open men:
Australia (Bulli) 3 - New Zealand 0
Under 23 women:
Australia (North Cronulla) 2 - New Zealand 1
Under 23 men:
Australia (South Curl Curl) 3 - New Zealand 0